also: がり
As a standalone noun, read かり and means hunting animals or game. As a suffix, it is normally read がり, as in 鷹狩り for falconry.
We went strawberry picking as a family.
When my grandfather was young, he often went into the mountains to hunt.
鷹狩りは昔の武士や貴族にも親しまれた。
Falconry was also enjoyed by warriors and nobles in the past.
picking; gathering; viewing autumn leaves
Only with reading がり
Suffix read がり after the thing sought or enjoyed: fruit picking, mushroom gathering, shellfish gathering, or scenic viewing such as 紅葉狩り.
週末に家族でいちご狩りに行った。
We went strawberry picking as a family over the weekend.
秋になると、山へ紅葉狩りに出かける人が増える。
In autumn, more people go into the mountains to view the fall leaves.
hunt for people; roundup; witch-hunt
Only with reading がり
Suffix read がり in compounds referring to hunting down, rounding up, or persecuting people, often with a negative or political tone, as in 赤狩り and 魔女狩り.
冷戦期のアメリカでは赤狩りが問題になった。
In Cold War-era America, the Red Scare became a major issue.
根拠のない魔女狩りのような非難はやめるべきだ。
Baseless accusations like a witch-hunt should stop.
祖父は山で狩りをしていた。
My grandfather used to go hunting in the mountains.
Many scholars were targeted in the witch hunts.
採集 means collecting specimens such as insects or plants methodically, whereas 狩り carries a more playful pursuit or seasonal-outing nuance as in 紅葉狩り.
摘み refers specifically to picking by hand, like leaves or flowers, while 狩り is the broader suffix used for named picking outings such as いちご狩り.
狩り is the native Japanese word for hunting, especially of animals or in traditional contexts, while ハント is a modern loanword used more broadly, including metaphorical uses like job hunting.
狩り is the common, everyday native word for hunting (of any kind, including fruit-picking outings), whereas ハンティング specifically evokes Western-style game hunting.
狩り is a native Japanese word for hunting that can also be used figuratively (e.g. 紅葉狩り), whereas 猟 sounds more specifically like hunting game animals with guns or traps.
Used when counting hunts as occurrences or outings rather than as a physical object.
Used for each instance of hunting, especially in phrases like 'each time we went hunting'.
hunting; game hunting
clam digging; shellfish gathering at low tide
autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing
falconry; hawking
communist witch-hunt; red-baiting; red scare
rabbit hunting
mountain hunt; hunting in the mountains · combing the mountains; mountain search
surround hunt; battue
Common standard spelling for the standalone noun meaning hunting; as a suffix in compounds, the reading is usually がり.
Search aid for the suffix reading in compounds such as 鷹狩り, いちご狩り, 紅葉狩り, and 魔女狩り; がり is not normally used as an independent word.
Okurigana-less spelling found especially in compounds, titles, or compact writing; 狩り is the safer ordinary spelling for the standalone noun.
Kana search form for the suffix pronunciation がり, reflecting the search-only reading.
Rare kanji form; 猟 is more commonly read りょう in ordinary modern vocabulary.
狩り is the nominal form of the verb 狩る, 'to hunt.' In compounds used as a suffix, the initial か often voices to が by rendaku, producing forms such as いちご狩り and 魔女狩り.
cherry blossom viewing trip; going to see cherry blossoms
pear picking; harvesting pears
bear hunting
beater (on a hunt)
tiger hunting; tiger hunt
firefly watching · firefly catching
headhunting